2012–13 Professional Hockey League season
# 2012–13 Professional Hockey League season

The 2012–13 Professional Hockey League season was the 21st annual edition of the Ukrainian Hockey Championship, and the second season of the Professional Hockey League (PHL). Seven teams participated in season, with HC Donbass-2 becoming national champions for second year in a row.

## Regular season

| R | | GP | W | OTW | SOW | SOL | OTL | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | HC Berkut | 36 | 25 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 148 | 55 | 86 |
| 2 | HC Kompanion-Naftogaz | 36 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 111 | 86 | 63 |
| 3 | HC Dynamo Kharkiv | 36 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 98 | 88 | 60 |
| 4 | HC Donbass-2 | 36 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 110 | 108 | 57 |
| 5 | Sokil Kyiv | 36 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 85 | 86 | 54 |
| 6 | HC Levy | 36 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 97 | 125 | 41 |
| 7 | Bilyi Bars | 36 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 57 | 158 | 17 |

Points are awarded as follows:

* 3 Points for a win in regulation ("W")
* 2 Points for a win in overtime ("OTW") or a penalty shootout ("SOW")
* 1 Point for a loss in overtime ("OTL") or a penalty shootout ("SOL")
* 0 Points for a loss in regulation ("L")

## Group stage

### Group A

| R | | GP | W | OTW | SOW | SOL | OTL | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | HC Kompanion-Naftogaz | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 8 |
| 2 | Sokil Kyiv | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 7 |
| 3 | HC Levy | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 3 |

### Group B

| R | | GP | W | OTW | SOW | SOL | OTL | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | HC Donbass-2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 12 |
| 2 | HC Dynamo Kharkiv | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 6 |
| 3 | Bilyi Bars | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 0 |

* $^a$ Berkut, the winners of the regular championship, were disqualified for not fulfilling their financial obligations to the PHL. Bilyi Bars took their place

## Playoffs

### Bracket

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | HC Donbass-2 | 3 | | | |
| 4 | HC Dynamo Kharkiv | 0 | | | |
| 4 | HC Dynamo Kharkiv | 0 | 1 | HC Donbass-2 | 4 |
| | | | 2 | HC Kompanion-Naftogaz | 0 |
| 2 | HC Kompanion-Naftogaz | 3 | 2 | HC Kompanion-Naftogaz | 0 |
| 3 | Sokil Kyiv | 2 | 3rd place | 3rd place | 3rd place |
| | | | 3 | Sokil Kyiv | 1 |
| | | | 4 | HC Dynamo Kharkiv | 0 |

### Semifinals

* HC Dynamo Kharkiv – HC Donbass-2 0-3 (3:4 OT, 1:6, 0:3)
* HC Kompanion-Naftogaz – Sokil Kyiv 3-2 (2:0, 3:4 SO, 4:2, 2:3, 2:1 SO)

### 3rd place

* Sokil Kyiv – HC Dynamo Kharkiv 3:2

### Final

* HC Kompanion-Naftogaz – HC Donbass-2 0-4 (2:4, 0:3, 0:5, 2:3 SO)

## Player statistics

### Top scorers

The following players lead the league by points at the end of the regular season

| | Player | Team | G | A | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Dmytro Hnytko | HC Levy | 15 | 23 | 38 |
| 2 | Olexander Toryanik | HC Berkut | 16 | 20 | 36 |
| 3 | Roman Blagoy | HC Donbass-2 | 15 | 16 | 31 |
| 4 | Andriy Mikhnov | HC Berkut | 12 | 19 | 31 |
| 5 | Igor Gongalsky | HC Berkut | 11 | 18 | 29 |

### Leading goaltenders

The following goaltenders led the league by save percentage at the end of the regular season

| | Player | Team | SV% |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Jan Chovan | HC Berkut | .947 |
| 2 | Dmitrijs Žabotinskis | HC Dynamo Kharkiv | .928 |
| 3 | Andrej Hočevar | Sokil Kyiv | .922 |
| 4 | Sergei Zavyalov | HC Kompanion-Naftogaz | .922 |
| 5 | Vitaliy Trus | HC Dynamo Kharkiv | .910 |
